kotain

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Ingrian

Etymology

Back-formation from maonkotain.

Pronunciation

Noun

kotain

  1. (rare) short for maonkotain
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
      Ku hää mukkoittaa itseen maonkottaisen päälle, kus ellää erikkokrapu, ni siis saap liikkua kottaisen kera.
      When it fits onto a shell, where the hermit crab lives, then it can move with the shell.

Declension

Declension of kotain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kotain kotaiset
genitive kotaisen kotaisiin
partitive kotaista, kotaist kotaisia
illative kotaisee kotaisii
inessive kotaisees kotaisiis
elative kotaisest kotaisist
allative kotaiselle kotaisille
adessive kotaiseel kotaisiil
ablative kotaiselt kotaisilt
translative kotaiseks kotaisiks
essive kotaisenna, kotaiseen kotaisinna, kotaisiin
exessive1) kotaisent kotaisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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